This week, The Politics Guys start off by talking about the police killings in Cleveland and Chicago. Mike argues that the system sets up a basic conflict of interest and calls for independent prosecutors. Jay has more faith in the system than Mike but agrees that independent prosecutors might be a reasonable response, thought he points out that independent prosecutors might bias the system in other ways. Next, Mike and Jay take a quick look at the late and almost entirely unlamented presidential campaigns of Lindsay Graham and George Pataki, two GOP moderates who didn’t stand a chance of winning their party’s nomination. After that, it’s the 2015 year in review and predictions for 2016. Finally, Jay takes issue with the VA opening transgender clinics when there are so many more pressing problems for the beleaguered agency to address.